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Our library of thoughts about everything AECS-Tech, spanning design, construction, renovation, blue-collar and robotics, B2B marketplaces, supply chains and logistics. Plus the occasional sneak peeks into the Foundamental family life.

Practical Nerds

The latest in venture and technology in the real world, from construction-tech to design-tech. Two early-stage investors shooting the breeze about startups, founders and venture funding. We talk about design, construction, renovation, blue-collar, robotics and supply chains. Hosted by Patric Hellermann and Shub Bhattacharya, General Partners at Foundamental

Practical Nerds Podcast

AEC_VC

Reflections of a VC in AEC technology (architecture, engineering and construction-tech). What fascinated me last week.

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The Daily Blueprint

The Daily Blueprint is Foundamental's daily newsletter covering everything AEC tech globally — from startup funding and M&A to product launches, partnerships, regulation shifts, and industry trends across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas. It's the daily signal on what's shaping the future of how we design, build, and operate the real world, while most competitors focus solely on the US market.

The Foundamentary

In what might be a world premiere - a VC firm allowing an external documentary team inside - Foundamental’s General Partners sit down with the Bricks & Bytes Documentary team for an unfiltered view into our ‘kitchen’.

From Foundamental’s unique origin story, over controversial takes on the future of AECS and venture, to the philosophies powering Foundamental’s decisions and portfolio success, this documentary series offers a first-of-its-kind behind the scenes access to the people, strategies, and hard-earned learnings of Foundamental.

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Covering a spectrum of verticals on construction, 3D and design, including renovation, blue-collar workforce and robotics, supply chains and logistics.

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If you ever get exhausted by our takes on the real world, here’s what the real world says about itself.

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Text Message Interview with Mighty Buildings (A Trial)
In our Text Message Interview, Sam Ruben, Co-Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer at Mighty Buildings, explains how they are solving the housing crisis with houses that are entirely 3D-printed.
Podcast
North America
Robotics | Hard-Tech
How not to build an airport - lessons from an infrastructure disaster made in Germany
We don’t want to blame former US president Ronald Reagan. Still, in his famous Berlin speech in 1987, he not only called upon Gorbatschow to “tear down this wall,” he also looked “to the day when West Berlin can become one of the chief aviation hubs in all central Europe.”
Articles
Supply | Marketplaces
'The whole sector is deeply undermanaged'
Stefan Kirsten is an industrial veteran with a background as a German blue chip CFO at companies like Metro Group, Thyssenkrupp as well as Vonovia, the largest German residential real estate company.
Articles
Markets Observatory
To fix the housing crisis, these designers drew inspiration from the Apple Store
Juno’s apartment buildings are treated more like a product than a project, which means they’re faster, cheaper, and easier to scale.
Press
North America
Decarb the Real World
Amidst Pandemic-Driven Urban Exodus, Welcome Homes Launches First Fully Digital Home Buying Experience, Bolstered by a $5.35M Seed Round
Welcome Homes aims to alleviate the stressors of building a home by allowing buyers to decide on their next nest from the comfort of their home. Then Welcome Homes handles the rest from breaking ground to managing the project and delivering it on time.
Press
North America
Supply | Marketplaces
The case for solving construction CO2
‘Our house is on fire.’ That was the message Greta Thunberg addressed the global Davos elite within early 2020. And houses add 40% of the yearly emissions.
Articles
Decarb the Real World
'There is no other sector that holds such a big lever for climate impact'
Construction and mining are often overlooked but account for 17% of global CO2 emissions. Meaning that there is obviously a lever here. What is the most promising way to bring down these emissions?
Articles
Decarb the Real World
Construction Platform Brick & Bolt Raises Seed Funding From Foundamental
Others that participated in the round included LivSpace founders Anuj Srivastava and Ramakant Sharma.
Press
Asia-Pacific
Supply | Marketplaces
These houses can be entirely 3D-printed
Inside a warehouse in Oakland, California, a 20-foot-high printer recently 3D-printed the shell of a tiny house—not only the walls and floor, but the ceiling and roof, and overhangs.
Press
North America
Robotics | Hard-Tech
Why VC and data science is a love marriage
Would you believe anyone who says that data and digitisation doesn’t matter in their industry, because their domain is different? Great suggestive question, I know, but the point is: You don’t. And neither do we.
Articles
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